"This is madness! These Triad crimes have been going on for months!" The Chief was in Aang's office discussing her thoughts on the city. "Everyday I come in and it's something new that they've accomplished. It has to be stopped Aang! I'm getting tired of always hearing the name in my office." She grumbled and rested her hands on her middle.
"Toph, please, sit. I don't want you straining yourself."
"Listen, Twinkle Toes, you need to think of something or else I'm taking action. The issues will never be resolved until I'm allowed out of my jurisdiction to hunt them down. This takes precedence over everything else, got it? " She snapped.
"Chief…"
"What?"
"You know I don't believe in violence. We must find out another way to stop them. Perhaps we could set up a meeting with some members and begin talking to them. Maybe let's try to heighten security around the slum areas of town."
"Set up meetings with the enemy? What is this? This is the damn police and we need to get in there and stop this!" She yelled. "The people of the city are being directly effected by them. Directly, Aang. I don't know how else to tell you how important this is." Toph yelled infuriated.
"I can't promise anything, but I'll try my best."
Toph stomped out of his office and slammed the door on her way out. She headed down the stairs and out of the building onto of the retired training yards for the school. It was the late afternoon and it had finally stopped raining. She used her keycard to gain access and made sure no one was around. She took a step back and slammed her fists down creating a breakage of crosshatching into the solid rock beneath her. Ah, it feels good to earthbend again. She thought. Toph hadn't done it in quite a while. She was usually up in her office or lately too tired to do anything really. Toph stomped the ground and pushed a massive rock wall out of the earth. She took both of her hands in a circle and slammed them together. She heard the wall shatter and sent crumbling rocks to the ground. It felt good to let her anger out. She was furious at Aang. He was always so delicate with political ways when all she wanted to do was get in there and make something happen.
"Hya!" She lifted her hands and held two slabs of earth in each hand. One hand at a time, she slammed them into the ground. She grinned, but also touched her chest and tried to catch her breath.
"Alright, that's all I have the energy for." She sighed and made a little rock slab for her to sit on. She even raised herself a footstool. She leaned back with her hands behind her head and closed her eyes.
"Ouch!" She said suddenly startled. Her hands went to the lower area of her stomach. "Don't kick me so hard!" She rubbed that area for a little bit. That seemed to calm her baby down. Toph had to admit, she was done being pregnant. She had gotten so snappy recently because she felt so uncomfortable in her own body. It didn't even feel like her own body anymore. She was so tired and had trouble catching her breath. She also felt huge. She didn't think she could get any bigger, but she just kept growing and growing. Almost everything she wore now used to be Katara's. She didn't want to wear her Chief uniform either because it was too heavy. She felt so far from normal. After she caught her breath, She stood up and flattened out the ground. Toph walked all the way back up to her office and sat at her desk. Feeling a little better, she picked up the phone.
"Detective Hyro, this is Chief Beifong. I was wondering if you'd like to get together for a meeting?" She nodded her head. "Oh, you're out of town?" She continued to listen.
"Well, if that's your only option, fine. I'll see you then." She hung up the phone and picked it up once more.
"Ju Lee, write down that I have a meeting with Detective Hyro next week. He's out of town until then." Lately, she had been so forgetful and she wanted Ju lee to remember for her. "Thank you, Ju lee." She put down the phone again. Hyro had said that he would check with his sources one last time before their meeting. She hoped he had some good news.